Hugh Quarshie
Acting1954Accra - Ghana
Biography
Hugh Anthony Quarshie (born 22 December 1954) is a Ghanaian-born British actor of stage, television, and film. Some of his best-known roles include his appearances in the films Highlander (1986) and Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1999), and his long-running role as Ric Griffin in the BBC medical drama Holby City (2001–present).
Known For
Acting History
Future
The Mandy Who Knew Too Much
as General Moore
2025
The Marlow Murder Club
TVas Professor Gifford• 2 eps
2024
The Return
as Imphinomous
McDonald & Dodds
TVas Clarence Adderly• 1 eps
2023
Book Club: The Next Chapter
as Ousmane
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
TVas Ekon Ameh• 1 eps
Vera
TVas Dr. Leon Parmer• 1 eps
Maryland
TVas Pete
2022
The Railway Children Return
as General Harrison
The Son
as Doctor Harris
Silent Witness
TVas Jomo Mashaba• 2 eps
Remembers…
TVas Self
Riches
TVas Stephen Richards
2019
Skeletons of the Mary Rose
as Narrator
The Capture
TVas Commissioner Cameron Yates
Absentia
TVas Semo Oduwale• 10 eps
2018
Red Sparrow
as Simon Benford
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
as Mustafa Kama
2017
Retribution
as DI Reed
2015
RSC Live: Othello
as Othello
2013
Catherine Tate's Nan vs Holby City
as Ric Griffin
2012
White Heat
TVas Victor (present day)
2011
2010
Who Do You Think You Are?
TVas Self• 1 eps
The Great Rift: Africa's Wild Heart
TVas Narrator
2009
Small Island
TVas Narrator
2007
A Turtle's Guide to the Pacific
as Narrator
Doctor Who
TVas Solomon• 2 eps
2006
Natural World
TVas Narrator• 2 eps
2005
The Afternoon Play
TVas Adam Clay• 1 eps
2003
Conspiracy of Silence
as Fr. Joseph Ennis
2002
The PhanDom Menace
as Self
2001
2000
It Was an Accident
as George Hurlock
Jason and the Argonauts
TVas Chiron
Arabian Nights
TVas Mustappa• 2 eps
Ape-Man
TVas Narrator
1999
Wing Commander
as Lt. Obutu
To Walk with Lions
as Maxwell
The Murder of Stephen Lawrence
as Neville Lawrence
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
as Captain Panaka
Holby City
TVas Ric Griffin
1998
A Respectable Trade
TVas Caesar Peters
1995
Solomon & Sheba
as Nikaule's Father
She's Out
TVas DCI Ron Craigh
1994
Julius Caesar
as Cassius
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
TVas Cassius (voice)• 1 eps
1993
Gregory: Diary of a Nutcase
as Lieutenant Delaney
Red Dwarf
TVas Computer (voice)• 1 eps
1992
1991
Press Gang
TVas Inspector Hibbert• 2 eps
1990
1989
The Church
as Father Gus
Loving Hazel
as Mike
Surgical Spirit
TVas Fergus Debonaire
Under African Skies: Ethiopia
Presenter
1986
Highlander
as Sunda Kastagir
Drums Along Balmoral Drive
as Wallace
Casualty
TVas Ric Griffin / Gordon Hutchens
1985
Titus Andronicus
as Aaron
Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend
as Kenge Obe
1984
Sharma and Beyond
as Man on Stairs
1983
Wide Games
as Corporal Chalkie
Rumpole of the Bailey
TVas Jonathan Mazenze• 1 eps
1981
A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Philostrate
Wolcott
TVas Dennis St George
1980
Buccaneer
TVas Major Ndobi
1979
The Knowledge
as Campion